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Gabriel's Theorem for Infinite Quivers

Representation Theory 2026-02-17 v1

Abstract

We prove a version of Gabriel's theorem for (possibly infinite dimensional) representations of infinite quivers. More precisely, we show that the representation theory of quiver Ω\Omega is of unique type (each dimension vector has at most one associated indecomposable) and infinite Krull-Schmidt (every, possibly infinite dimensional, representation is a direct sum of indecomposables) if and only if Ω\Omega is eventually outward and of generalized ADE Dynkin type (AnA_n, DnD_n, E6E_6, E7E_7, E8E_8, AA_\infty, A,A_{\infty, \infty}, or DD_\infty). Furthermore we define an analog of the Euler-Tits form on the space of eventually constant infinite roots and show that a quiver is of generalized ADE Dynkin type if and only if this form is positive definite. In this case the indecomposables are all locally finite-dimensional and eventually constant and correspond bijectively to the positive roots (i.e. those of length 11).

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@article{arxiv.2312.09904,
  title  = {Gabriel's Theorem for Infinite Quivers},
  author = {Nathaniel Gallup and Stephen Sawin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.09904},
  year   = {2026}
}

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32 pages, 1 figure

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